•Mustapha Rabiu Musa Mustapha Rabiu Musa, son of the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has been sworn in as Commissioner of Youth and Sports of Kano State. The governor also swore in three other commissioners who were recently cleared by the State [&he...
The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, to immediately halt the signing and implementation of a trade partnership with the United Kingdom (UK), which allows UK lawyers to practice within Nigeria. A motion by 49 lawmakers today, pointed to recent reports and public outcry, over an alleged e...
Abubakar Ahmad Sirika, the immediate younger brother of the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was apprehended by the anti-graft agency on Sunday, February 4 over investigation of the Aviation Ministry, reports Channels TV. While in offic...
•House of Reps The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives today ordered the Federal Ministry of Industries, Trade and Investment, along with its past and present Permanent Secretaries, to jointly refund a whopping sum of N75 billion to the covers of the federal government with immediate effect. The Committee chaired by...
•Betta Edu and Peter Obi The Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has stated that the Humanitarian ministry may have been created to siphon public funds. Peter Obi also supported the suspension of Dr Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, reports Nigerian Tribune. Also, Obi welcomed President...
•Betta Edu and Tinubu The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan, took over the leadership of the ministry days after the minister, Betta Edu was suspended. Enitan’s action is in line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive that suspended Edu on Monday over the alleged transfer...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has observed that the N44 billion National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) fraud and the N585.2 million allegedly diverted to a private account under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs is just a tip of the iceberg of “the unprecedented treasury looting, unbridled stealing and plundering of resour...
•Betta Edu and Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has ordered a thorough probe of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation led by Betta Edu. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made this known in a statement yesterday. Controversy had enveloped Edu’s alleged involvement in the approval of N585,19...
The Home Finance Department of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning has received the sum of $5.6m from the World Bank to procure 21 items, which included office stationeries, furniture, solar inverter, office equipment, and vehicles. The approvals were made under the State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has uncovered a total sum of N37,170,855,753.44 allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs under former minister Sadiya Umar-Farouk. Details of the ongoing probe exclusively obtained by this paper revealed that the money was transferred from the federal government’s coffers and sent...